The Guardian Everyman Answers - Sunday, 9th August 2015 There are 16 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Everyman crossword on Sunday, 9th August 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Everyman AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Hesitate in front of hero, former championHOLD BACKAAcross 1: Hesitate in front of hero, former championHOLDBACKAAcross 5: Saloon for instance with favourite floor coveringCARPETAAcross 9: Volunteers express contempt for banTABOOAAcross 10: Pass laws with support I condemnLEGISLATEAAcross 12: Old man, artist with very large sunshadePARASOLAAcross 14: Partner in mood endlessly unprofessionalAMATEURAAcross 15: Unhappy with material, so she played an Elvis classicBLUESUEDESHOESAAcross 18: One with fee cut, faintly troubled, showing weaknessINEFFECTUALITYAAcross 19: Alliance finally became split in vanity projectEGO TRIPAAcross 19: Alliance finally became split in vanity projectEGOTRIPAAcross 21: In context remembrance is intenseEXTREMEAAcross 23: New drapes due to be brought roundPERSUADEDAAcross 25: Merely dropping small hintIMPLYAAcross 26: Talk reflected on temperature and effect of sunNATTERAAcross 27: Area containing Glastonbury Tor seems changedSOMERSETDDown 1: Agitated man set to climbHET UPDDown 2: Party member's unsparing protest about traitorLIBERALDEMOCRATDDown 3: Nonsense about fair and legendary creature? You'll find volumes on itBOOKSHELFDDown 4: Low point reached by school expelling odd charactersCOLDDown 6: Some diplomats easily baffledAT SEADDown 7: Hasn't fate dealt badly with people in this film?PLANETOFTHEAPESDDown 8: Thinker's article on wild riotsTHEORISTDDown 11: Aged drunk bothered noble rulerGRAND DUKEDDown 13: Walk after meal round a point of departureLAUNCH PADDDown 13: Walk after meal round a point of departureLAUNCHPADDDown 16: Love put into opening tune, English gem set aloneSOLITAIREDDown 17: Psychic power in strange final period of existenceLIFESPANDDown 20: Provoke arguments in hearingROUSEDDown 22: Country for example with unknown partEGYPTDDown 24: Pair united in actDUO